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Georgia Recruiting Advantage
Posted on 11/28/21 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 11/28/21 at 1:39 pm
Everyone says LSU has such a big recruiting advantage because it’s a fertile e cruising ground with no other power 5 team In the state.
Really that holds for Georgia as well these days. You may have a few decent programs that border it but it’s only real competition in state is Georgia Tech and let’s be real… that ain’t the same when it comes to recruiting.
Really that holds for Georgia as well these days. You may have a few decent programs that border it but it’s only real competition in state is Georgia Tech and let’s be real… that ain’t the same when it comes to recruiting.
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Posted on 11/28/21 at 2:02 pm to Cigar
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Really that holds for Georgia as well these days.
Auburn is closer to the homes of a ton of Georgia kids than Georgia.
Tallahassee Florida is closer to South Georgia kids than Athens.
Alabama - the nations best team is a border team that isn’t far for Georgia kids to drive.
Atlanta kids get recruited hard by Tennessee.
So while your correct having state control is huge and Georgia does reap those benifits - you still have to recruit nationally to compete - case and point - Brock Bowers.
Distance matters
That’s why Georgia will never be able to lock down it’s borders the same way LSU does. If a kid has a sick family member are you going to go play 6 hours away when you play for Thomasville or will you likely look to play 30 minutes away in Tallahassee?
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:24 pm to Cigar
Georgia had doubled in size the last 40 years and most of those are transplants from out of state. They have no ties to UGA
Posted on 11/28/21 at 7:17 pm to Cigar
The biggest difference, as noted above, is what I heard Tom Luginbill call "state pull" - which basically means the level of desire and % of kids from that state that grew up wanting to go to that school. LSU has that as much or more than any school in the country for most of the state, and they have it without another in-state school that also has it.
Georgia is somewhere inbetween LSU and Florida in that area. There are a lot of kids in the state that grow up liking Georgia, especially outside of Atlanta, but there are also a ton that grow up rooting for Alabama/Auburn/Tennessee/FSU/etc from various parts of the state. And there are a lot in Metro Atlanta who just don't really grow up with a "favorite" and aren't pushed by their communities one way or another.
I do think that Georgia's success under Kirby is turning more kids in state into Georgia fans than they had before, and that will only help in recruiting in the coming decade and even further.
Georgia is somewhere inbetween LSU and Florida in that area. There are a lot of kids in the state that grow up liking Georgia, especially outside of Atlanta, but there are also a ton that grow up rooting for Alabama/Auburn/Tennessee/FSU/etc from various parts of the state. And there are a lot in Metro Atlanta who just don't really grow up with a "favorite" and aren't pushed by their communities one way or another.
I do think that Georgia's success under Kirby is turning more kids in state into Georgia fans than they had before, and that will only help in recruiting in the coming decade and even further.
This post was edited on 11/28/21 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 11/28/21 at 7:27 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Atlanta kids get recruited hard by Tennessee.
Tennessee is closer to being a recruiting rival of GA Tech than UGA.
There's more than enough talent within the state to go around. Last time I checked, there were something like 300 FBS players from Georgia. Since you can only take 25 initial counters, UGA could take the entire Top 25 and there would still be an embarrassment of riches for 7 other schools to recruit exclusively from here.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 7:51 pm to VoxDawg
Overwhelmingly, Georgia gets who they want in Georgia. The problem is they are the flagship and they have to be diplomatic. They can’t offer some kids as early as Clemson, AUburn, or UT…bc they can’t afford to pull scholarships for a better option if one kid develops better than another.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 9:24 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
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They can’t offer some kids as early as Clemson, AUburn, or UT…bc they can’t afford to pull scholarships for a better option if one kid develops better than another.
This isn’t true.
2024 and 2025 offers:
UGA- 58 and 17
Auburn- 23 and 1
Clemson- 0 for both
UT- 65 and 8
Dabo is pretty much the only coach that doesn’t make a ton of noncommittal offers. Kirby makes as many or more than anybody.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 9:32 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Are those instate offers or total offers?
Posted on 11/28/21 at 9:48 pm to Cigar
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Everyone says LSU has such a big recruiting advantage because it’s a fertile e cruising ground with no other power 5 team In the state.
Really that holds for Georgia as well these days. You may have a few decent programs that border it but it’s only real competition in state is Georgia Tech and let’s be real… that ain’t the same when it comes to recruiting.
1) Auburn, Bama, FSU, UF, USCe, UT, Clemson and many other programs are closer to certain parts of Georgia than Athens.
2) Atlanta is a city full of opportunities so we have many transplants from all over the country that have no ties to UGA
Posted on 11/28/21 at 9:57 pm to Cigar
Richt used to say he can't take them all. UGA can take the top 20 GA recruits, and AU could win a NC with the next 20. State is loaded with talent.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 10:09 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Kids wanna rep the state. Kirby has brought a lot more of those kids to Georgia but it still rings true imo.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 10:26 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Brock bowers might be y'all's best offensive player.
That kid is electric.
That kid is electric.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 11:25 pm to Chalkywhite84
He's a frosh, can block, and from Napa valley, CA
Posted on 11/29/21 at 6:33 am to Dandy Lion
He can block but his receiving and yac is what makes him special.
Was he the number 1 or 2 te out of high school?
Was he the number 1 or 2 te out of high school?
Posted on 11/29/21 at 7:45 am to Cigar
Not really. Gt is getting a little better, and we have Clemson, Auburn, Alabama, Florida, FSU, Tennessee etc coming in here because of all the talent. We are trying to shore up our borders and are doing well.
But Louisiana does not have the numbers (The talent is great, just not the numbers because of population) so Louisiana does not have as many top tier teams coming in there. I mean Alabama, Texas A&M go in there. But it's not like you have 2 of the last three National Title winners coming there.
Shoot...LSU has two recruits in the 2022 class out of Georgia.
Decent programs that border? Like Alabama,Clemson, Auburn, and Florida?
But Louisiana does not have the numbers (The talent is great, just not the numbers because of population) so Louisiana does not have as many top tier teams coming in there. I mean Alabama, Texas A&M go in there. But it's not like you have 2 of the last three National Title winners coming there.
Shoot...LSU has two recruits in the 2022 class out of Georgia.
Decent programs that border? Like Alabama,Clemson, Auburn, and Florida?
Posted on 11/29/21 at 7:46 am to Chalkywhite84
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He can block but his receiving and yac is what makes him special.
Yes. This.
quote:#3 according to the composite.
Was he the number 1 or 2 te out of high school?
Posted on 11/29/21 at 7:58 am to DawgsLife
Georgia gets mostly who they want that is for sure. But sometimes they miss, Bama has missed plenty over the years and they have had the top recruiting class every year but 2 for about 10 years I think. Will Anderson, year before last was the best player in Georgia and some sites had him the best in the country at the end of the cycle.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 8:05 am to amders44
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Will Anderson, year before last was the best player in Georgia and some sites had him the best in the country at the end of the cycle.
We have missed plenty. We still do. But, like you said, we still do well in recruiting. Nobody gets everybody they want. The perception is that Alabama and Georgia does, but neither of us do.
I wish we had gotten Anderson. he was at my sons old high school. (My son graduated a pretty good while ago, but still) Trey dean, Florida safety also came out of that high school.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 8:15 am to DawgsLife
Dawgslife, I find it interesting that even though Bama and UGA go after the same caliber recruits all the time, in the end they only really battle over a few, not as many as you would think, its almost like Nick and Kirby just have a knack not to waste resources when the other team has a clear advantage.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 11:56 am to amders44
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Dawgslife, I find it interesting that even though Bama and UGA go after the same caliber recruits all the time, in the end they only really battle over a few, not as many as you would think, its almost like Nick and Kirby just have a knack not to waste resources when the other team has a clear advantage.
And that's smart recruiting on both of their parts. And they both seem to do pretty well on the recruiting circuit, too.
Kirby is learning and is beginning to come into his own, and of course, Saban is the GOAT, without a doubt.
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